Author: Awais
OpenAI is experiencing a widespread outage affecting two systems, APIs and ChatGPT. The outage has been ongoing for at least a half an hour as of publication date. Update: File uploads have been restored as of 8:55 PM Screenshot Of File Upload Status ChatGPT API Jobs Stuck Outage The first issue is that batch API jobs get stuck in the finalization state. There are twelve components of APIs that are monitored for uptime and it’s the Batch part that’s experiencing “degraded” performance. The issue has been ongoing since 3:54 PM. According to OpenAI: “Subset of Batch API jobs stuck in…
Have you considered the pros and cons of online shopping versus shopping at a traditional store? As Black Friday 2025 approaches, online deals are flooding in faster than ever—but so are scams, delivery delays, and “too good to be true” offers. Here’s how to shop smarter online this holiday season, with 20 updated pros and cons every shopper should know. Why Online Shopping Still Wins in 2025 Online shopping can help you find exactly what you’re looking for. We Are / Getty Images Online shopping is hard to beat when it comes to variety and access to everything from plane…
Nobody loves doing dishes—but that’s no reason to settle for frozen pizza. With these eight one-pot pasta recipes, you get all the satisfaction of a home-cooked meal without the mountain of cleanup. Every dish here cooks up in a single pot or skillet, building layers of flavor right where they belong without the extra colander or saucepans. These recipes, including Kenji’s skillet-baked ziti and a creamy 10-minute mac and cheese, prove that fewer dishes don’t mean less flavor. Whether you’re cooking for yourself or feeding a family, these one-pot wonders make weeknight cooking fast, comforting, and completely worth the (minimal)…
The death of a neighborhood bodega cat named Kit Kat has shaken San Francisco’s Mission District, according to The New York Times. After Kit Kat was run over by a Waymo robotaxi on the evening of October 27, locals created a shrine to memorialize him. The area has also been decorated with competing signs, some criticizing Waymo, others noting the many deaths caused by human drivers. Jackie Fielder, who represents the Mission District on SF’s Board of Supervisors, brought up Kit Kat while making the case for a proposed city resolution that calls on the state to allow local voters…
Many of us have a large collection of physical media sitting around, be that CDs, vinyl records, or cassettes. Unfortunately, there isn’t nearly as much to do with them as there used to be—you’d be hard-pressed to find a modern vehicle that runs CDs, much less cassettes. This is how I got all the benefits of my personal media collection in my vehicle without using up any space on my phone. Why run a personal music server, and how do they work? I started collecting CDs and vinyl records after yet another Spotify song disappeared from my playlist without a…
NEED TO KNOW At least 32 people are dead after a bridge at a copper and cobalt mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo collapsed due to overcrowdingA bridge at the Kalando mine, located in the southeastern province of Lualaba, fell on Nov. 15 as miners tried to make their way acrossOne official said that the bridge was a makeshift structure created to help miners get across a flooded trench At least 32 people are dead after a bridge at a copper and cobalt mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo collapsed due to overcrowding. According to reports…